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PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

G- G. GUY. TIE ROD CONNECTION. PLwATmN FILED MAR. 16, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT EEIcE.

GEORGE G. GUY, OF BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES WINDENGINE & PUMP COMPANY, OF

RATION OF ILLINOIS.

BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, A ooEPo TIE-ROD CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 752,065, datedFebruary 16, 1904.

Application filed March 16, 1903- To all whom it Ina/y concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. GUY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Batavia, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Rod Connections, ofwhich the. following is a specification.

My invention relates to tie-rod or brace-rod connections adapted for usein metallic structuresas, for example, for connecting tie or brace rodsto the girders and columns of towers for wind-engines and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved connection for usein such work as will allow the tie or brace rod the necessary amount ofmovement or play with respect to its associated column or girder; andthe invention consists in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a sectionof a column or girder provided with my improved tie-rod connections.Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig.- 1. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail bottom planview of the form of shoe shown in the other figures, and Fig. 5 is a topplan detail view of the washer.

Referring to the drawings, the referenceletter A represents a section ofany suitable girder or column'such, for examplaas are employed in towerconstructionsand which has a flat face or tread to which a suitable clipor bracket B is attached by any suitable means. The bracket or clip Bmay be of any desired form, but preferably is an angular plate of thegeneral outline shown in the drawings and adapted to be attached to thetread of its associated column at its extremities by suitable bolts orrivets. By means of this construction the device is attached to thetread 'of the column in such position as to allow the attaching bolts orrivets topass through the tread, which is the heaviest and strongestportion of the column, instead of through the weaker and lighter web.Moreover, this form of clip provides for the use of top and bottomSerial No. 147,896. (No model.)

attaching bolts or rivets, whereby a plurality of such attaching meansmay be employed, and the strain is more directly in the line of theattaching devices. vided with an outwardly-flaring hole or passage Z) toloosely receive the threaded end of the tie-rod C. Within the bracket orclip is located. a washer 0, which may be a separate element or may bemade integral with the clip. The washer is provided with an out- The endof the rod makes threaded connection with a suitable threaded nut 0against which the fiat face of the shoe bears and which secures theparts together. It is obvious that the shoe and nut may be eitherseparate elements or may be made integral.

When the parts are assembled as shown in the drawings, the brace ortie-rod is connected with the tread of the column or girder and may havesuch .play within its seat as is necessary when assembling the parts ofthe tower or similar structure or when for any reason the connectedgirders or columns move in relation to each other.

In assembling the parts the clip or bracket is attached to theassciatedcolumn. The threaded end of the tie-rod is then passed through theopening 6 and the washer, and the shoe and nutare suitably secured inplace.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a device of the classdescribed, a tierod, aclip or bracket having a passage to freely receivesaid rod, a washer on the clip having a rounded seat, and a shoe havinga complementary rounded face seated on the washer, anal means to holdthe shoe on the end of the ro 2. In adevice of the class described, agirder The bracket or clip is proor column having a tread, an angularclip or bracket secured to'the tread and having a suitable passage, atie-rod Whose end passes freely through said passage, a Washer Withinthe bracket and loosely surrounding the end of the rod,and a shoe on theend of the rod,the Washer and shoe having coacting seating portions.

3. A tie-rod connection consisting of a rod having a threaded end, aclip or bracket having a flaring passage, a Washer loosely surroundin gthe end of the rod and having a cup-shaped seat, a shoe having a curvedportion adapted to said seat, and a nut threaded upon the end of therod.

i. In a device of the class described, a girder

